Metallic kitchen-cabinet.



C. A. BERNHARD. METALLIC KITCHEN CABINET.

APPLICATIONA FJLLD JULTI! 26. 19|8.

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'c'EARLns A. BERNHARD, or cHIcAGo, ILLINOIS.

METALLIC KITCHEN-CABINET.

Application filed July 26, 1918.

T0 all 'whom t may concern.'

Be itv known that I, CHARLES A. BERN- HARD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Metallic Kitchen-Cabinets; and I do hereby declare that the following description of my said invention, taken in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawing, forms a full, clear, and eXact ,specilicatiom which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make apd use the same.

My invention relates generally to improvements in metallic kitchen cabinets; and it consists, essentially, in the novel and peculiar Ycombinatin of parts and details of construction, as hereinafter rst ful-ly set forth and described and then pointed out in theclaims.

The object of this invention is therpro-V duction of an eificient and Vhighly sanitary kitchen cabinet, which lis made entirely of sheet metal, and, therefore, absolutely vermin-proof.

To attain these objects, and others which will hereinafter appearI construct this article of furniture, in the preferred embodiment of myiinvention, as illustrated in the drawings forming a `part ofthis specifica- View of this kitchen cabinet. Fig. 21is a vertical' transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail of a fragment of the cabinet, showing the means for supporting the door of the cabinet in turned-down positionjand Fig. 4 is a similar View illustrating the door in closed condition. Fig. 5l is a detail edge- View illustrating the horizontal bars on which the drawers are constructed to slide.

Fig. 6 is a sectional'view of one of the crossv bars and an elevation of one ofthe horizontal bars associated therewith. Fig. 7 is a plan of one of the drawers; and Fig. 8 is a sectional view thereof on line 8 8 of Fig. 7

Like partsare Vdesignated by the same characters and symbols of'reference in all the gures. f Y v This cabinet comprises a rear wall 12, two side walls 13, a topwall 14, and a bottom 15. The rear, and the two side walls are,

preferably, formed of one sheet of metal, such as tin-plate, galvanized iron, or black sheet-steel, by being bent longitudinally, in a well-known manner; or they may be separately formed and secured together in any Specification of Letters Patent.

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upon which drawers, hereinafter to be referred to, are located, and these ledges have shoulders, or osets 50, between which these drawers are guided. These bars are made from sheet metal bent to approximately U- shape transversely, asbest seen in Fig. 5, and they are'provided with laterally-extendlng flanges 21, by which, and, preferably rivets, 22, these bars are securely fastened to the side walls of the structure. VThe top wall 14 is somewhat below the upper margins of the rear, and side walls, and there is placed upon these upper margins a board A, which board is admirably adapted to serve as a bread-board. Below, this bread-board A has cleats 23, which retain the bread board removably in position.

Upon the upper bars 19 there is slidably placed a drawer B, having medially a partition 24, to divide thisV drawer into two compartments; and on its front wall 26, it is provided with a suitable drawer-pull 25. Upon the bars 19a, located below the bars 19, there is slidably Ylocated a comparatively deep drawer C, which is especially designed for use as a flour bin. This drawer C has a front wall 26a, and side walls 27, while its bottom 28, which extends from the upper marginA of the front wall to the rear `upper edges ofthe side walls, is approximately semi-circular, and it has at the rear an inwardly extending ledge 29.r The object of this ledge is primarily to prevent flour dumped finto the bin from theA usual floursacks or bags, from flying over the back of the bin, and, secondarily, tog reinforce the end,

of the drawer7 its forward edge being stiffened by being wired in the well-known manner, as illustrated at 30. At the lower margins of the rfront wall 26a of this bin there is an angle bar 31, which reinforces this front wall; and at the rear of the side walls of this bin there is a similar angle bar 32, connecting the longitudinal lower mar'A gins of the side walls, there being no rear wall in this drawer C. These twoangle bars 31, 32, `have one of their limbs horizontally disposed; and these limbs slide upon the ledges of the cross bars 19a, to afford ample bearing surfaces for thisV drawer C.

VBelow the horizontal bars 19au there are angles or other suitable supports 33, upon which is removably located a shelf or rack D; and below this shelf, and sliding upon longitudinal 'bars 19h, there is la .drawer E, which when pushed entirely within the structure, has its front wall 34: flu-sh with, or slightly beyond, the lface of the structure. At this face, and crossing the same, there is secured a bar 18a, @having hingeanembers 35, to which is hingedly connected a door F, by

hinge-knuckles 36, formed at the lower edgey of said door, Vsaid door reaching to near the lower margin 4of the front wall ofthe drawer C. This door has a door-knob or button 37,

Y by which it may be locked. It is constructed to swing downwardly to substantially horizonta'l position, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, and in this position it is supported by pulling :a drawer G, about halfway yout of the cabinet. This .door aords a shelf, table, or .platform upon which articles may be placed prior .to placingzthem into the 'proper drawer, or when removing them therefrom. And in order to support this d-rawer in horizontal position without the aid of the drawer G, there are placed, approximately medially of the door and iat its vertical margins, loops or cleats 38, in each of which there is pivotally Vmounted la brace-rod 39 the ysaid rod passing through an opening 40, in the front of the structure to the interior thereof; said rod haring at its inner end a .hook 41, which bears against the inner surface ofthe marginal :front and .therebv prevents-the bracerod 89 from being pulled rout through the opening 40, and Vthus serve to support the door in horizontal position.

The location of the loops lor cleats 38 on the door F is such, relative to the 'openings 40, that when the door is in Vert-ical riposition, ithese two elements are in register and the rods 39 in horizontal position extending into `the cabinet.

It will 'be -notedthat there are in'this .cabinet, preferably four drawers, one of which serves .as a flour bin, the upper one being designed -to contain bread and other bakery products, while the remaining drawers `as well aslthe shelf D, take 4care of all of :the matter which is usually placed into a kitchen cabinet, ythe door F, heretofore described bein-g placed between the second and the fourth drawer.

ln order to strengthen the drawers, which as farfasvdetails of construction is concerned,

are all alike, except that they are of different `the following manner besty seen in Figs. 7 and 8, which bar is approximately V-shaped in transverse section, and securely fastened Vto the front wall in The yhorizontal portion 114 of this bar 43 70 has an upwardly-extending flange 45,; and the upper margin of the front 26h is 'doubled upon itself as at l-Lwith the flange 45 therebetween, which securely holds the V-shaped bar in position, the-doubling-up of the upper ymargin of lthe drawer-front also 1reinforcing the same; and it may here vbe stated that this front has -itsfremaining three margins, andthe forward edges of thesides of the dra-wer, #edged 'and locked in the saine manner, `so that there are nthree thicknesses of metal at these margins. rllhis construction :of `the drawers is shown as applied to drawer -G in Figs. 7 and .8; but :as already stated the same construction is employed in drawers B, C,.and Y The end walls of the -drawers are preferably lock-seamed ttot the side walls thereof, as illust-rated :at 49 in Figs. 7 and 8, which provides for a very .substantial Iconstruction without the use of solder or other means Yof fastening the 'fbottomsor .ends ofthe .drawers to the side walls thereof; and ito ,further strengtheningl the construction, the .upper margins of the side, `and end, walls are inwardly turned, as shown at 42.

As 'hereinbefore stated, the .ba-rs 19., 19a, 19", 1are substantially U-.shaped initransverse section; but to afford guiding means ,for the drawers there is formed .in each lfbar vanoset or shoulder 50, as shown in Figs. :5 .and V6, which I find necessary owing to the fact that the wid-thofthe drawers .is equal tothe distance between the vvlongiudinal margins .of the right-.angular portion Aof the side walls, 105 and that `the bars 19, 19a, 19h, are Asecured to the sidewalls but ,must project .a reasonable distance beyond the margins Yof these walls to afford the sliding surfaces .for .the drawers, 4as illust-rated .in Fig. .5, which', however, 110 affords no guiding means for .these drawers unless these .bars are provided with 4the shoulders 50 4hereinbefore described.

It will now be further observed that the portions -of :the drawer-fronts which :project 115 beyond fthe side walls, the top, and the bottom 'of these drawers overlap .the Iface .of the cabinet and 4.thus .eifectirely close this front whenV gthe door is closed .and fthe drawers all in normal, pushed-in position, so v:that 120 vermin, especially ythe .small :black ,ants so frequently found in kitchens, cannot V.enter the cabinet. To afford proper ventilation there are openings :51, inthe lower vportion of the side walls,iand similar openings 52 in 125 the npper part .of `the .rear wall, said .openings being covered lby veryfne wire gauze or minutely perforated sheet metal.

The ycabinet is, preferably, whiteenameled on its fexterior and interior surfaces; 130

but the surfaces of the drawers are, preferably, left in their natural condition; all of the said drawers being, preferably, made from the best quality of tin-plate which is heavily coated with pure tin, and therefore highly sanitary.

I have hereinbefore described with considerable minuteness the preferred e1nbodi ment of my invention; but I desire it to be understood that I am aware that changes may be made therein, and parts omitted without departing from the scope of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described this invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure to myself by Letters Patent of the United States- Y l. A kitchen cabinet of metallic construction comprising, a rear wall, two side walls, a top, and a bottom, said side walls having their longitudinal outer edges bent at right angles, and the right-angled portions bent upon themselves, a series of cross bars connecting these rightangled portions, a series of longitudinal bars, said longitudinal bars being secured to the inner surfaces of the side walls, said longitudinal bars being approximately U-shaped in cross section, there being on the upper members of these bars offsets, said upper members being flush with the upper surfaces of the cross bars, and said offsets being liush with the marginal edges of the rightangled portions of the side walls, and a series of drawers slidably mounted on said longitudinal bars at the offset portions thereof.

In a metallic kitchen cabinet, the combination, of a rear wall, two side walls, a top, and a bottom, said side walls having their longitudinal forward edges bent at right angles, and the right-angled portions doubled upon themselves, a series of cross bars connecting these right-angled portions,

a series of longitudinal bars secured to the inner surfaces of the side walls, said longitudinal bars extending beyond the marginal right-angled portions of said side walls, a series of drawers slidably mounted upon said longitudinal bars, there being be` tween two of said drawers a space, a door constructed to close said space, said door being hingedly connected to one of said cross bars to swing downwardly, two suspension rods pivotally connected to said door and entering said space, there being at the inner ends of said suspension rods hooks adapted to bear against the inner surfaces of the rightangled portions of said side walls.

3. In a metallic cabinet, the combination, of a rear wall, two side walls, a top, and a bottom, said side walls having their longitudinal forward edges bent at right angles to project inwardly into the cabinet, said right-angled portions being bent upon themselves, a series of cross bars connecting these right-angled portions, a series of longitudinal-bars secured to the inner surfaces of the side walls, said longitudinal bars extending beyond the marginal right-angled portions of said side walls, drawers slidably mounted upon said longitudinal bars, there being between two of said drawers a vacant space, a door constructed to close said vacant space, said door being hingedly connected to one of said cross bars to swing downwardly, a drawer below said door which when partly pulled out will support said door in downwardly turned position, and auxiliary means pivotally connected to said door to support said door in downwardly turned position, and to swing into the cabinet when said door is being closed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas iny invention, I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES A. BERNHARD.

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